furrykef wrote:Nah. It takes a real man to carry a man-purse. Any other kind of man would buckle under the pressure (and probably the laughter).

Or someone getting gender sensitive over something that has nothing to do with gender. Purse is a bag for holding money. It can hold other things too, but that is its purpose. If the bag is for holding something other than money, it's not a purse, no matter who carries it.

Ya, it's just one of those areas where it sounds like some people are trying to hard to preserve their masculinity by simply changing the name, except that it's a bit more obvious than usual and therefore almost pathetic.

It's like given the choice between action figure, and boy doll, the naming gods thought "boy doll" sounded more masculine since it has the word "boy" in it.

Nowadays I go through the toiletries section and there are all kinds of "For Men" face scrubs, aftershaves, face lotion, and other skin care products, that I know are the exact same formulation as the "female" skin creams only they have less girly looking packaging. So now I'm waiting the "For Men" line of Eye shadows, and candy red lipsticks, and pink mini-skirts to go into production and get gobbled up by Joe Public. Because it's "For Men" it even says so on the label.

I hate to break it to someone, but the pistol grip on this pathetic assault rifle is just plain wrong. There is no rest for the thumb. Sorry, but it's obvious that rifle is for girls or boys who don't know how to shoot..

Well, that and it's all plastic. WTF is anyone going to do with plastic, the first shot will destroy it.. Bah, cheap toys.

two_heads_talking wrote:
I hate to break it to someone, but the pistol grip on this pathetic assault rifle is just plain wrong. There is no rest for the thumb. Sorry, but it's obvious that rifle is for girls or boys who don't know how to shoot..

Well, that and it's all plastic. WTF is anyone going to do with plastic, the first shot will destroy it.. Bah, cheap toys.

I was wandering about that thumb rest too. It doesn't look very confortable. Other than that I wouldn't know if the rifle is OK or piece of junk. Btw. it can't be just plastic, that would be silly? More like painted AR-15 i suppose.
Check this photo,

hyperconjugated wrote:
I was wandering about that thumb rest too. It doesn't look very confortable. Other than that I wouldn't know if the rifle is OK or piece of junk. Btw. it can't be just plastic, that would be silly? More like painted AR-15 i suppose.
Check this photo,

Well, I'll be. Looks like it's not all plastic. but that pistol grip is still a weird one. I've never seen anything like that before. I was thinking it was an AR-15 that was reproduced in Hello Kitty plastic. If I was at the firing range, I'd only expect to see a girl using that.

I had to google hello kitty assault rifle after seeing that pic. This link was one of the better ones.

Good reading, and hilarious.

Being the anti-conformist that I am, I'd so buy that gun if I were shopping for an assault rifle and saw it on the shelf. Somewhere back in highschool I stopped trying to impress people and instead sought to unimpress them with all my might. For some reason, being completely written off as a threat because I have an obviously fake plastic gun highly appealing.

[inner demon]More gun porn more gun porn…… need to see more naked guns!!!!!! I want naked guns see more naked guns more naked guns……[/inner demons]
I could once again have wanred you…… but my warning system was turned of by the Borg.

In a more sirious note can I see more guns?

[Imagines army with hello kitty guns.
Our soul is hello kitty, we fight for the nation, We live for the nation we breath for the nation we eat for the nation, we shit for the nation and love nation!
Yes sir sir yes sir.
Our souls are hello kitty, we fight for the nation, we live for hte nation, we breath for the nation we eat for the nation we shit for the nation and we love the nation!
——*A giant pink army marching forth without mercy with hello kitty masks*.]

They are called a man-bag in this country. I have one but it is more like a bum-bag* than a hand-bag.

*In this country a "fanny pack" has an entirely different meaning.

We call them man bags in America too. Or messenger bags. Or murses. But if you saw what guys carry around in Japan, you could only ever call it a purse. I shopped around here for months looking for one non-effeminite enough for me to wear and never found one. I had to buy one in the states and bring it back with me. They are useful in Japan since their dollar and five dollar bills are coins, so your coin pouch is usually huge and weighty, annoying having that in your pocket. Plus I always carry around my elec. dic. and my studying and points cards for literally everywhere, it adds up fast. Japanese guys usually use something like a bum-bag (US fanny pack) but I haven't been able to make the switch yet, they look too much like tool belts (you can use whatever meaning of the word 'tool' that works for you).